Thanks for the Like. I read your Smoking in Prague blog and… well.. wow. That is a crazy story. I really liked it. I was easy to read and very intriguing. It makes me wonder who you are what your life is really like. http://www.tattoosbymelissa.com/

Aw, I didn’t get a notification of your reply here. It’s very sweet though. Believe it or not we had another one fall in a week later before we wised up and covered the opening with three planks of wood and a broom handle.
I love your awesome writing!

Thanks for the visit over to my place. Glad I found your blog. I just read ‘Smoking in Prague 1’ . Your work is deeps and full of meaning. I will continue with the other writings when I can. Great writing.

Hey fellow Bristolian, glad you like my growing card set on art rat. Am looking forward to reading your work. I’ve been following that amazing Graffiti symposium off of Bristol’s center – a much cooler city now than when I lived there (early 60s). Will call again after I’ve read your writings.
Cheers

Amazing… as I said , this is some solid writing… whoouuu! Imagine how surprised and flattered I was to find out you’ll be following my blog. My posting is sporadic, as I spend – as I should – most of my (writing) time working to finish my novel. I’ll try to be present more often, and to deserve your attention. Your stuff is inspirational… I’m reading you ( again) this afternoon… yeh… solid writing.
Pierre

I was in Prague for a week in 1969, about a year after the Warsaw Pact invasion. It seemed as if the whole city wanted to exchange money with me (an obviously looking American) on the black market. Even the coatcheck lady at the Opera invited me to tea at her place after the opera for that expressed purpose. Kafka’s house was closed. I suppose the idea of telling the story of Joseph K was incompatible to the socialist state.

Also, I love what you said about how technology can now dictate the work. I’d say that extends to all media you can consume online. I pay attention to music mostly, and the digital age, with all its distractions, rewards artists for creating songs that are more instantly catchy (and probably shorter). Additionally, a person once devoted a part of his life to leaving his house to purchase music and then actually listening to it, so the music itself became more of an experience. But now, that same person can hop online, grab The Most Downloaded Album by The Next Best Thing, and listen to it while working out. Something has definitely been lost, and I assume the same applies to literature.

Your blog is worth viewing, i enjoyed/stalked every post you published, and each one is better than the other, and thanks for liking my posts it meant alot coming from a great writer like you, thanks!!!

asjellis, thanks for dropping by true outsider. Like your blog very much and will stay tuned to it. Have to check it out over time. Very dense info. Had just run across an interesting Philip Roth quote in the NY Times Book Review on the new Ingo Schulze novel:

“As Czechoslovakia becomes a free, democratic consumer society, you writers are going to find yourselves bedeviled by a number of new adversaries from which strangely enough, repressive, sterile totalitarianism protected you,” Philip Roth told Ivan Klima in another conversation.” I am speaking about that great trivializer of everything, commercial television.”

You’ve made me rethink my resistance to e-books. It’s a rare rainy day here in Arizona, America, and I want to curl up with your stories, but I can’t wrap my arms around this dinosaur of a computer which is currently staring me in the face. Thanks for the “Like” which led me to discover your blog…and perhaps an addition to my Christmas wish list.

i found you in de-fine: “the spinning machine takes the roving, thins it and twists it, creating yarn which it winds onto a bobbin.” and as bobbins go, this one has lips; you pluck of them voice. speaking your read,

Hi A.S.J.Ellis, I’m Just Passing though to let you know that I selected you for the Kreative Blogger Award. In my eyes. there is no pressure to abide by the rules or follow up; but if you would like to know why i selected you, then you can click my link here. http://nocturnefirefay.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/kreativ-blogger-award/
Congratulations and have a lovely christmas.
Nocturnefirefay.

Your stories are beautiful, the atmosphere is thick and it’s all 100% believable. I thought this was a memoir. Your work is incredible. The melancholy tone makes each moment seem like a single worn snapshot in something dusty and timeless that has been rolling on wearily since the beginning of time and will go on forever.

Thanks for liking my post about Ernest Lee “The Chicken Man!” He’s such a nice guy and he’s loved locally, so to see that someone who doesn’t live locally likes him too is really exciting! I hope you continue to check in on my blog- if you have any suggestions about artists or designs to post about, definitely let me know!

thanks for liking my post. Your writing is great – for a long time I’ve been wanting to put some of my stories online, but have always been wary of the stealers and second-handers. Your blog inspires me 🙂

A.S.J. – I wanted to thank you for “liking” my article “From Gags to Pitches.” I have been working really hard to improve my written voice on my website/blog, as it were, and I am glad that someone noticed. This was the only way I knew how to send you a message, so I hope that this finds you well. Thank you for reading. Hopefully you read more in the future. Thanks again and again. Eliot

P.S. I added your site to my Google Reader feed instead of subscribing. I like what you do.

thanks for the liking. i aspire to your terseness, but i can’t seem to get there, too full of myself. i’ll think, then write ‘existential obesity.’ see what i mean? drawing works better, there i get somewhere –gain something– without losing my breath.

Hi there. Just wanted to say big thanks for stopping by my blog and “liking” one of my posts! I really appreciate it. You are getting a lot of positive comments so I will have a read of some of your writing! Best wishes, Steven (http://perfectchaos.org)

Thanks for the visit to my blog and the like. Being new to this I would welcome any feedback or advice you might have…I enjoyed browsing your work and your thoughts on publishing, books vs. ebooks etc. – Peace

Hi,
Thank you for the “like” on thatlou.com. Next time you’re in Paris, if you feel like going on a treasure hunt at the Louvre, you know where to find me!
In the meantime I look forward to reading Smoking in Prague and The Berlin Diaries.
Kind regards,
Daisy

your writing has inspired me so much, you are so talented, i love your blog and your words. nominated you for the inspirational blogger award if you feel like participating in this you can click here http://bluelilystorm.wordpress.com/885-2/ can’t wait to read more of your work.

Thanks for stopping by. Having been to Europe (some time ago) I can relate to some of the imagery you have going in your stories. American way of thinking, doing, being, is so different from European. Your stories are a definite change-up from what I’ve been reading lately. I should get back to the UK someday…
Blue Skies,
CricketMuse

Thank you for stopping by my blog and liking a post. Thank you also for posting great stories. I read Berlin Diaries 1 and Smoking in Prague – both very atmospheric and giving a clear picture of their places. I’ll be back to read more in the future.

Wow, so I started reading a segment of the Berlin Diaries when I first checked out your blog and I immediately got hooked. I had to start from the first of the series and these are really good! I’m so engaged by your writing and it’s almost like I can visualize every scenario as you jot them down. This site and the writing are wonderful sir and I wish you the very best in your future endeavors. I’m definitely going to be keeping up with future progress, because now I have to keep up with these amazing stories!

Hey, thanks a lor for looking at ScienceSprings. You are a real writer, asnd you can see that i am not. I do the blog because I love it, and because the normal press does not cover basic scientific research.

Thanks for stopping by Just Bob’s World and saying hello. Enjoyed reading some of your work. Good stuff. You have an ability to paint with words that perfectly captures the experience leaving the reader wanting more. Reading the piece about riding the train in Berlin brought to mind the 80’s album, Pleasure Victum, by Berlin, especially the song, Metro. When reading your piece the tune popped into my head. Thanks for the resurrection of the memories. I’ll definitely be reading more of your work.

Sorry to be slow to respond to your kind contact. This blogging thing is quite new to me! It seems we both like to provide readers with a reasonably lengthy read, though it’s often advised against!
I confess that, not being particularly well travelled, I am a bit resentful of travel writing and prefer fiction. Not read enough of your work yet, but my favourite line so far is: “I remember thinking this man had probably arrived a millionaire.” There’s a story in that!